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Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by codeisawesome on Thursday June 25, 2020 @05:46AM (#23638740)
Add Background App Refresh to this please - considering that apps exfiltrate 4G/WiFi connectivity info (helpful to triangulate your current location) regularly to tracker/analytics scum APIs with this feature - it should be exposed as a Privacy setting, not buried in Settings. I don’t understand what’s hard about this for Apple to be eerily silent on this.
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Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by Nextgrid on Friday June 26, 2020 @07:23AM (#23650770)
Background App Refresh also has a significant battery life impact. I keep mine disabled and get a significant battery life increase with little downside.

The feature should be a per-app opt-in instead of being enabled by default and buried in settings.

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